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Monday, September 30, 2013

Hi everyone, it's Nancy here with some fun Halloween cards! I really loved the Halloween themed free printables from Gina's Designs for the month of September, all themed for Halloween. Gina offers up some amazing free printables that are available on the blog every freebie Friday. Meanwhile, I had been clearing up my desk of the scraps I had left from the two Halloween themed projects I'd created during the month, and I got the idea to create a few cards using my scraps and Gina's printables. I'm really not a card maker, but the printables made it so easy and fun. I hope you like them.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Hi everyone, its Angela here with a project that has been on going for quite a while. I have finally finished the sets of drawers that I have procrastinated about for some time now.

I had to make the decision as to what colour I wanted them all before I started decorating any of them. I went with the paper from Fancy Pants Key Lime collection in the end as I really like the vibrant colours in it and they match in with the paint in my Porch area where I now do most of my crafting.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Hi Everyone! It's Lisa here today and I am sharing a "Boo" mini album I created with Gina's Boo Banner Set.

Gina's banner sets can be used as a banner that you embellish as you choose and hang. OR you can be like me and use it for another purpose.

I love the corrugated cardboard not only for the banner design but as a mini. I alternated that and some regular cardboard cut in a triangle shape to fill in some pages.

I used the Spiderweb Shape Set on the cover. I painted mine in black acrylic then used Rock Candy Crackle over it. I spread it really thick and the Rock Candy gives it a shimmer look as well as crackle for a truly "spark- tacular" web!

I love adding little tags and pull outs to my minis. I also leave lots of space for photos. I have found I like to use different Spellbinders dies to mark my spots for photos.

On the closure for my album I use a regular clasp ring. then I tore up cheese cloth and misted it in gray- alternating between cheesecloth and ribbon.

With my banner set I also received the letters "Boo" in chipboard. I opted to spread them out and place a letter on page here and there within the album.

Here is a close up so you can see the details. I stamped and inked on the letter "O" and filled it in with a piece of clock pattern paper.

I REALLY love the bottles! I coated them with gesso and stamped with a BoBunny Stamp then covered in crackle. One dried I inked them so you would see the crackle and then added the sticker labels.

Gina sent me that cute accordion style flower. I just had to pleat it and add it to my page! The scary cat was painted and crackled too!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Hi everyone! Nancy here with a layout featuring my cat Majicou who looks ready to scare the trick or treaters this Halloween. I've used several chipboard Halloween themed shapes and some steampunk styled intricate doilies (one of the awesome new products in the shop). Links to more products used and the techniques used to decorate them are listed below. I hope you like it!

Other products and techniques used
Stampendous embossing powder on the ghost and the "Boo"
Black Prima chalk ink on the spiderweb
Black Prima chalk ink on the gothic gate followed by Tim Holtz Distress crackle paint in tarnished brass
Black Prima chalk ink on the tiny gears which I have layered over the steampunk doilies for more dimension
Stencils by The Crafters Workshop including "mini splats" and "harlequin"
Dylusions black magic ink spray
Cheesecloth from my stash
Spiders from my stash
Flowers by Petaloo (black) and Recollections (orange)

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Kathi here again to share an off the page project. In this project I used the standing dome & the haunted house mini album.

I created a grave yard using the standing dome, placed a large wooded tree behind the standing dome. I created a tomb stone out of the standing dome. I painted the dome black then layered the dome with paper from graphic 45 paper line "Steampunk Spells" I created another tomb sitting to the right & just be hind the standing dome.

The dome has beware Seymour Bone as the head stone. in front of the fence of the dome a wooded casket was placed after being painted. With Seymour Bones trying to escape from the grave.

Inside the coffin there are spiders, pumpkins, bones & moss.Barbed Wire chipboard is draped over the fence. Barbed wire is also listed in Gina's store.

I then created the mini album out of the haunted house mini available in Gina's store

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Today I'm scheduled for an off the page project and I thought this birdcage would be perfect. It was super easy to assemble and I'm thinking I would like to make many more for Christmas table center pieces.

I kept if fairly simple. The cage is painted with two layers of gesso and I used a script stamp on top to add texture. For my roses I used a six petal flower punch and followed this tutorial.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Hello cupcakes. This is Marfa and today I want to share with all of you thischipboard sleigh by Gina's Designs. I love it. Its a kit and comes in pieces. You put decorate it and put it together. I had a lot of fun working with it.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Hello! Dawn Rene with you today to share a fun mini album I made with Gina's Designs Dog Bone Mini Album. The mini album is chipboard and cut in a dog bone shape. It has 6 pages and is 4 3/4 inches tall by 7 1/2 inches wide. I decorated the album with chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs - Miniature Bookplates Shape Set and Words and Phrases 1.Here is a quick run down of how I assembled the album!1. Covered the chipboard mini album pages with patterned papers

2. Filed edges of the album with an nail file and distressed with ink

3. Punched holes for the binder rings and added eyelets for reinforcement

4. Added some color and texture with Dylusions ink spray and stencils

5. Painted the name tags with distressed paints

6. Colored the words and name plates with Dylusions ink spray and shimmer mist